Part 6. Present plate boundary seismic, volcanic and kinematic processes: Seismicity and earthquake focal mechanisms in the New Guinea Solomon Islands region
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- 1 June 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Exploration Geophysics
- Vol. 6 (3) , 80-81
- https://doi.org/10.1071/eg975080
Abstract
There is general agreement between plate tectonic theory and seismicity for the New Guinea Solomon Islands region. Two minor plates, the Solomon Sea and South Bismarck plates, are sandwiched within the collision zone between the continental fronts of the Pacific and India plates, and derive their relative motions from the collision. The azimuth of collision is approximately east?northeast.Keywords
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